Ironing board holder



May 26, 1953 w. G. MICHEL 2,639, 1

IRONING BOARD HOLDEiR Filed April 1:0. 1950 INVENT0R. Z3 5 William 6.Mic/zeL 15 BY v I Maw 7W y Patented May 26, 1953 OFFICE IRONING BOARD HOLDER William G. Michel, Three Rivers, Mich. Application April 10, 1950, Serial No. 155,007

This invention relates to improved apparatus for holding an ironing board in place on a door, wall, or other vertical surface.

Many people like a portable ironing board so that they can iron in any room in the house as necessity may require, or in any" location in a room that is most'convenient or desirable. Some people use the built-in types of ironing board because the room was constructed with it originally. Others modernize their homes and when they decide upon the most desirable place to iron will have a collapsible ironing board either built into a closet for concealing it when not in use, or hinged to a door or wall, or other vertical surface. r i Y.

The apparatus of this invention, however, is of particular advantage'to the great majority :of housewives who 'ZWlH always prefer to do their ironing at the most convenient andv desirable location'in a room that they will prefer to'work in at the time they have ironing to do. When they have finished ironing they will wantto collapse the legs to the ironing board and store'it out of the way and perhaps out of sight. A customary location is on the back of a door which is closed most of the time or opened back against a wall, or other vertical surface most of the time. By using the apparatus of this invention no floor space is occupied and when fastened to the back of a door the ironing board can be' stored out of sight.

Specifically the apparatus of this invention comprises an assembly of three channel pieces of metal, one of which is slightly larger-thanthe other two sothat one end of each of the other two channels can nest into the central channel, thecentral channel having screw holes punched near each end while theother two channels have screw holes punched at regular intervals along their entire length, means for fastening thetwo similar channels at their far ends to a. flat surface, means for fastening the same two channels along their inner ends to the third'or central channel, a chain secured to one of "said latter fastening means and suspended on the other fastening means by a split ring, and bracket meansseparated from ,the aforesaid apparatus and below it for supporting an ironing board.

The features and details of the apparatus of this invention can be more readily understood from a description of the accompanying drawing which is a part of this application. The drawing shows three difi'erent views of an ironing board held in place on the back of a panelled door, by the apparatus of this invention, and also en- 2 Claims. (Cl. 248809) largements of the means for fastening the chan-' nel pieces together and holding the chain.

The invention consists in the novel features-of construction and combination of parts hereinafter-described and set forth, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 shows an ironing board with its legs collapsed, held firmly by the apparatus of this invention to the back of a door with a center panel.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same door with the ironing board held firmly in place by the device of this invention. v 1

Fig. 3 is a sectional view looking down at the device of this invention from a plane through the door and upper end of the ironing board along line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the nested channels along the line 44 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through the nested channels along the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

' In Fig. 1 of the drawing a door 6 is outlined and shows the central panel I with an ironing board 8 also outlined and held in place by the apparatus of this invention. The ironing board is supported up off the floor by brackets 9, which are-fastened to the bottom or kick-board of the door. The similar metal channel pieces In and I I are 'fas tened at opposite ends as shown to the stiles of the door by wood screws. The centralfmetal channel I2 is slightly larger than channels Ill and II so that it fits over the channels I0 and II. It is fastened to the inside end of channel piece In by an open eye or hook bolt I3, while the other end is fastened to the inside end of channel piece I I by a closed eye bolt M. A chain I5 is secured to the eye b'olt l4 and has a split ring l6 which maybe attached to any'link of the chain and then hooked onto the openeye bolt l3.

4 The side view of the door and ironing board shown in Fig. 2 reveals, when the legs of the iron? ing board are folded fiat against the board, how the ironing board is compactly and closely held parallel to the door by the apparatus of this invention. Fromthis side view it is very'apparent that in storing the ironing board in this manner up off the floor the board and its usual covering will remain clean longer, as well as the floor.

This view also shows 'how' the metal channels hold the ironing board out from the door so as to not mark the door.

In the enlarged sectional plan view of Fig. 3 theuse of chain l5 to hold the ironing board rela-.- tively' tight is clearly shown. The chain prevents the ironing board falling away from the door as well as rocking parallel to the door. Especially, when the ironing board is stored on the back of a door will there be a pronounced tendency for the ironing board to swing about when the door is suddenly jerked open or shut. This figure of the drawing also shows clearly the way the ironing board is held flat against the metal channels and not up against the door, thus reducing any tendency for making noise or damaging the door by knocking. against it. The view also shows the adaptability of the device to doors with or without center panels.

The three metal chan nels are assembled so as to provide continuous from stile to stile of the door while out of con-- tact with the intermediate panel of. thedoor as shown by the space I! in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4 which is an enlarged vertical sectional view, the detail of the nested channels and the open eye or hook bolt- 13,.which. receivesthe split ring- 16 of chain t5 is clearly shown. An hexagonal nut i8 is used. on the hook. bolt at the outside face of the central metal channel #21, while a square nut I9 is fitted inside the smaller metal channel t thehook. bolt screwed into it. This arrangement of a square nut locked by the walls of. the inner. channel it is convenient once the apparatus is installed because if the hook bolt should become loose it is only necessary to tighten the hexagonal nut on the outside.

I Fig. is an enlarged vertical sectional View through: the smaller channel H which shows thedetail of the closed eye colt M with a hexagonal; nut at the outside face of central metal chan'-- nel t2 and a square nut 3| fitted. inside smaller nestedchannel H to receive. theeyebcltl4 when the device of this invention is assembled and installed. I

From the foregoing description it is readily apparent that the apparatus of this invention may be installed on. either the usual panel type of door, or the door with an unbroken fiat sur face, or. on any flat wall surface. It is equally applicable toeither wooden or metal doors. This is because of the use ofv metal channel pieces H), M- and 42 which are preferably made out of al um-inum or some other light Weight relatively low' costmaterial. It isalso a feature of the smaller channel pieces H] and -H that one: end of each. be closed witha metal return to-touch the door and strengthen the channel when the holding screws are tightened into the: door stiles. The inside ends of the smaller channels may alsohave metal returns to strengthen. the channels when up against a flatsurface instead of a-paneldoor.-

The use of three channels as described makesthe device applicable to almost any size door, especially those having. central panels. When. the span across the central panel is relatively great thethree channels can be strengthened across the span by inserting a couple of plain bolts 22 and- 23 equally spaced from the center of the central channel I2 through the inside ends of. the smaller channels l0 and: II respectively, and fastening them with square nuts on. the inside of. the small channels as previously described in connection with the open and closed eye bolts.

The feature of this apparatus is the use of the channel pieceswhich whenv connected throughtheir extreme bolt holes will as presently being 4 made properly span a panel door 36 inches wide. The same three channel pieces can be also fitted closely together, using other bolt holes so as to span a panel door 24 inches wide. At the same time they can be applied to any width of a continuously fiat surface. And the open eye and closed eye bolts need only be separated from each other along the channel pieces far enough to accommodate the width of the ironing board where it rests against the bolted channel pieces, so as to suspend only suflicient length of chain to fit snugly around the end of the ironing board.

"Because it is an object of this invention to hold the ironing board firmly the chain l5 must have means for adjusting its length. The split ring servestwo purposes: first, it may be connected to any link oi the chain so as to provide any required length of chain to circle around any size of ironing board including the padding usually attached to ironing boards; second, it is larger than a link of the chain so as to inalieit relati-vely easy to fasten the chain. inplace when. the fit is close and whenthe operator-is limited to: the useof. inconvenient hand.

What I claim is: v V L. A device of the class described comprising two similar metal. channel pieces with: holes punched therein atregular intervals along. their entire length, a slightly larger metal channel with a. plurality of. holespunched near each end that can slide over the aforesaid two similar channel pieces, means-for fastening saidlarger channel to one" of said smaller channels through. concentric holes comprising a bolt secured inplace by an hexagonal nut on the outside of said channels and a square nut on the inside: ofthe one smaller channel, means for fastening. said larger channel to the other smaller charmer through concentric holes similarly as aforesaid, both said. fastening means holding a collapsible metal. means of adjustable length for encircling one end. of an troningbcard.

2 A device of the character described comprising a chain with a split ring attached near one end' and permanently attached toa closed eye bolt at the otherend, said eye bolt: extending through a hole near one end of a central metal channel. piece and through 2; correspond ing' hole in another metal channel piece malt enough to nest in said central metal. channel piece, said smaller channel piece having. means at. the outer end for attachingfsame' to a flat surface, said split ring being hooked. onto an. open eye boltwhich extendstnrough. a hole neartne other end of said central metal. channel" piece and. through. acorresponding hole in a third metal channel piecealso small enough. to nestsaid centrat channel, said latter smaller channelv also having means-at its outer end tor attach mg same to a flat surface said central; metal channel having aplurality of uni-formly spaced holes at each end and said smaller" metal chan nelshaving uniformly spaced holes along their entire lengths".

7 WILLIAM. G. manna. I

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